Chalkie

1 hour ago, Ray,IN said:

The one Rich posted, W,alt,R.

Windows -Alt-R gives me the recording function and Windows-R brings up the Run Command.

What Linda said although you don't have to go that far south. If you cross them on I-80 it hardly seems like mountain driving. Don't forget that you will have to cross the Sierras as well. Personally I would go with US-2 from the UP to Duluth, I-35 to Mission Creek, the cut the corner to St. Cloud and pick up I-94, then on to Billings and pick up I-90. You will see some fantastic scenery along the way.

10 hours ago, Kirk W said:

Before I retired my work used to frequently take me past a union shop, GM plant where the Tahoe and Yukon were built. I would bet that no more than 1/3 of the cars were GM built and another 1/3 at least were imports. It used to really make me chuckle. 

Well the sad part was that his truck was made in Kentucky by UAW employees but it was badged Toyota and therefore a foreign car.

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If I worked at a rig and drove in with a Rivian with a welder on the back I wouldn't care about peer pressure. I am not in grade school.

To this I say maybe or maybe not. It would likely depend on how the union those workers belonged to felt about it. A number of years back my son had the unpleasant experience of the union he belonged to not allowing him to park at the union hall because he bought a truck that "was not made in the USA". Is this the same? Sort of. The union may not approve of mingling with something that is trying to end what they are working on.  Is that logical? I don't know.

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When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.  ~Dale Carnegie

That is interesting! I hope the technology pans out. 

She was a great lady and I can not remember a time when she was not the Queen. She will be missed.

I had opportunity a number of years ago to see her fairly up close when we attended the Highland Games at Balmoral. My son swears she was looking directly at and waving to us specifically. Whether she was or wasn't that remains one of his most vivid memories of our time in Scotland. 

9 hours ago, Chalkie said:

And in Colorado you would be incorrect. 

Colorado Revised Statute section 44-20-302 (2020) says:

No person, firm, or corporation, whether owner, proprietor, agent, or employee, shall keep open, operate, or assist in keeping open or operating any place or premises or residences, whether open or closed, for the purpose of selling, bartering, or exchanging or offering for sale, barter, or exchange any motor vehicle, whether new, used, or secondhand, on the first day of the week commonly called Sunday.

Here in Texas a car dealer can be open on Sunday but they can not be open on both Saturday and Sunday. They need to be closed one day or the other. 

Every state has their own set of regulations.

 

4 hours ago, RV_ said:

Sunday sales should be up to the dealers.

And in Colorado you would be incorrect. 

Colorado Revised Statute section 44-20-302 (2020) says:

No person, firm, or corporation, whether owner, proprietor, agent, or employee, shall keep open, operate, or assist in keeping open or operating any place or premises or residences, whether open or closed, for the purpose of selling, bartering, or exchanging or offering for sale, barter, or exchange any motor vehicle, whether new, used, or secondhand, on the first day of the week commonly called Sunday.

Here in Texas a car dealer can be open on Sunday but they can not be open on both Saturday and Sunday. They need to be close one day or the other. 

Every state has their own set of regulations.

4 hours ago, RV_ said:

 Did you read above where Texas residents can't buy a Tesla at the Texas factory and have to go out of state to buy their own vehicles made near Austin?

 

Not exactly. There are showrooms here in Texas that let you kick the tires so to speak and then they help you make your purchase online. Your car is delivered somewhere outside of the state where you "take delivery" and then Tesla will truck it to your residence. I also read there is a recent update to New Mexico where Tesla struck a deal with a reservation and they are going to sell them and have a service center on tribal lands where the state of New Mexico can't touch them. Who knows, maybe Tesla will use that loophole here in Texas.

If you look at the Colorado State University predictions on named storms you will find that they have been pretty close over time since 1984. For this year they are predicting 8 hurricanes and the average from 1991-2020 was 7.4. You can check all the data here.

1 hour ago, Kirk W said:

I would suspect that if/when that becomes common, parks will not start to charge extra for the use of both outlets? It is pretty common now for there to be a small extra charge for 50A service. 

The extra  for 50 amp service is a crock in my opinion. I know some parks do it though. If you are in a park that charges you for electric they should not care. What wouldn't surprise me, given the increased cost of utilities is that parks start charging for electric even on overnight stays. The technology is available it is just a matter of if the parks want to install it. 

Or you could just leave it on and protect your shins with this Hitch Guard. I have one on my truck because I leave the ball on all the time. I still hit my shins occasionally but it doesn't hurt.

14 hours ago, RV_ said:

I believe the launch vehicle is from ULA ( United Launch Alliance Boeing and Lockheed) no?

The boosters are from Northrop Grumman and the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage is from ULA and all the others have some part or another. Wiki lists all these as the spacecraft manufacturer "Boeing Airbus Defence and Space Lockheed Martin Northrop Grumman Aerojet Rocketdyne".

This for Derek because it made me laugh!

Any one remember the Star Trek episode with V'ger?

1 hour ago, RV_ said:

More than 615,000 veterans connected to the VA health care system have contracted coronavirus in the 30 months since the American pandemic began. Of those, more than 22,000 have died from complications related to the illness, with around 5,000 deaths in 2022 alone.

Makes me glad I never got into the VA system. That was sarcasm, by the way. While I am not in the VA system I am convinced that I have certain symptoms of "Long COVID". One of my doctors poo-pooed the idea while another was more open to the idea. I am going to email a link to this article to a couple of them.

My primary care and I have been discussing whether taking the booster is a good idea for me. I don't want to get into a pro/con discussion on them. I personally am not sold. I will be taking my flu shot though.

On 8/31/2022 at 6:48 AM, lappir said:

The end of August is here and I will have to decide soon. I've heard of inside stuff in the Dakota's, but I'm in SE Iowa and need to be close enough to be able to help my brother at his Tire business for a bit longer. 

13 minutes ago, 2gypsies said:

There must be a very good reason for staying inside a building in an upper Midwest winter!  Why not go somewhere warmer and sunnier?  Sounds depressing to me.  We're from Michigan.

He said why in is first post.

I understand that preppers have created underground campgrounds in various parts of the country, kind of on the down low. You might ask around. The only one I know about for sure is in Kansas and only because they advertise.

If the tester is correctly interpreting the error code then, yes, the tester will tell you which cylinder. The following is from an automotive testing site:

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A P0300 code would indicate a random misfire (probably due to a vacuum leak, open EGR valve, etc.). If the last digit is a number other than zero, it corresponds to the cylinder number that is misfiring. A misfire code P0301, for example, would indicate a misfire problem in cylinder #1. Of course, misfires can be caused by a lot of things. It could be a worn or fouled spark plug, a weak coil, a bad plug wire, a dirty or dead fuel injector, or a loss of compression (burned exhaust valve or leaky head gasket). Further diagnosis is always needed to isolate and identify the root cause.

I have a little OBD tester that uses an app on my phone to read it, and because it is on my phone it also uses the internet to look for the codes.

I would guess it is a bushing and the slot is to allow lubricant to the full length. What specifically it might be for I have no idea.

I read things like this and then I get curious. 

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As I type up this article, in the middle of the day, Australia’s grid is receiving 50% of its electricity from wind, solar, and hydropower.

In the middle of the day? I am not sure what to make of that qualifier when the Australian government says:

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• Australia’s primary energy consumption is dominated by coal (around 40 per cent), oil (34 per cent) and gas (22 per cent). Coal accounts for about 75 per cent of Australia’s electricity generation, followed by gas (16 per cent), hydro (5 per cent) and wind around (2 per cent).

That only adds up to 98%, I am guessing solar accounts for that? I think the other thing that bothers me is the assumption that an EV can support the grid. That power had to come from somewhere in the first place. Ford has used something similar in ads for the Lightening and in an emergency it is an awesome capability. However, if that need goes on for very long the source (EV) is depleted and must recharge somewhere, somehow.

On 8/26/2022 at 8:11 PM, Twotoes said:

Europe and Asia use sat phones America has too much invested in cell towers

Since when? Never noticed that in my travels as my cell phone worked quite well there in Europe, the UK and Ireland at least.

On 8/26/2022 at 9:15 PM, franco-bolli said:

Granted, it's been several (more than 10) years since I traveled to Europe (Italy, Germany, France, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland Denmark) and Asia (Singapore, Taiwan and China >Guang Zhou, Shanghai, Wuhan) 

Ditto. Sat phones are now banned or severely limited in 12 countries with China being in that group. Surprisingly, to me at least, India is one of those countries. 

8 hours ago, RV_ said:

I agree, it is worth watching.  Musk isn't boring except when he's doing tunnels. 😉

/groan/

Medicare does not set a maximum age limit for colonoscopy. However, based on how often they will cover unless you are in a high risk group I can see how it would seem so. Straight from medicare.gov:

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Medicare covers screening colonoscopies once every 24 months if you’re at high risk for colorectal cancer. If you aren’t at high risk, Medicare covers the test once every 120 months, or 48 months after a previous flexible sigmoidoscopy. There’s no minimum age requirement.

I think that these days a Family Practice doctor sees just as many elderly patients as they do younger ones, they are in fact trained to treat all ages. Our primary care doctor who is board certified in Family Practice does what I expect of a primary care doctor, he conducts exams as needed, orders tests, and refers us to specialists as needed.

7 minutes ago, franco-bolli said:

I read through this but didn't see a mention of the phone app "repeater book". I'm using it on a iphone, and don't know if it's available for android. 

It is available for Android as well.

1 hour ago, ashton23l said:

I didnt pay for roaming, i just took the dish with me and figured i would see what happened.  I went to a low capacity area and had no issues at all.  in fact i ran speeds around 160 the whole time. 

You didn't have to update your service location if you did not have the RV service? That's interesting.

2 hours ago, Wrknrvr said:

   So my eyesight is very good now. Even legal. I have been sweating that day since June  2020.

Good news!